[Ilugc] News: Umashankar of Elcot laptop fame in trouble

  • From: rs2003@xxxxxxxxx (Subbu.R Subramanian)
  • Date: Sat Jul 24 13:56:42 2010

Sivasankar Chander wrote:

Folks,
         Some disturbing news - former Elcot MD Umashankar, who has also
given a talk at ILUG-C some years ago, seems to be in a spot of
trouble:

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_ias-officer-suspended-by-tamil-nadu-government_1413048

There were some earlier reports of lobbying by interested parties
to shunt him out of Elcot some years ago. He's perhaps one of the
few IAS officers around who is comfortable with tech and can
even program competently.
  
Saddening.

I remember him playing an instrumental roll in promoting FOSS in govt 
depts and
he is a very knowledgeable and upright man .

In the spirit of LUG, all  members  should do  whatever possible  to 
ring fence this good man.

cc. Mr Umashankar -  We are  with  you  !!
 




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